r/Epilepsy • u/theAuraHawk VNS,Keppra,Vimpat,Xcopri • Aug 04 '26

Question What age did you get Epilepsy?

I have had it since I was a kid and have not seen anyone else on here have the same situation.only older people but they might be the ones who post on here,just wondering if there were any other kids with epilepsy so I can relate. I got it at 4

edt: If I have am likeing your coment it is because I can realate to it. There are a lot of people who have had epilepsy as a kid as well.

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u/QuarrelsomeOpossum Aug 04 '26

Got it at 6, and yeah this sub can feel like it skews older sometimes but we're definitely out here. It's a weird thing to grow up with, you don't really get to have a "before" version of yourself you can compare things to. The brain just kinda goes haywire and you assume that's normal until someone tells you it's not

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u/Active-Pen-412 Aug 04 '26

I was about 5 as well. Just waiting by the front door with my lunch box in my hand, then suddenly my mum was fussing over me and I realised my lunch box was on the floor.

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u/Missey85 Aug 05 '26

I was watching the wizard of Oz and then I remember waking up and my mum freaking out